Upgrade from 470 to 580. Worth it or not?

[Michaeljcox24]

Have about £400 available for an upgrade. Would I see a big performance increase at 1920x1080 if I upgraded to a 580? Would a 3GB version show much yield over a 1.5GB version?

It's either this or invest in a sandy board and a 2500K.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

Q9650 clocked to 4 ghz. P5Q Deluxe. Vertex 3. 4GB DDR2

 

[Michaeljcox24]

470 clocks to 850, which people tell me is stock 580 speeds

 

[Michaeljcox24]

limit me to what? its stable at 850 and temps are ok because its fitted with an aftermarket. If it's AA that I can increase, I can live with that, I can't tell the difference tbh

 

[Michaeljcox24]

VF3000F. The dogs danglies as far as cooling a 400 series card goes.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

ok. cheers lads. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

yeah but will there be much real world difference between a Q9650 at 4Ghz and a Sandy @4.6?

 

[Michaeljcox24]

I posted for a price check in the MM, will wait and see what people come back with.